Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Return of Skeleden - plus Noboto, Gobon, and More!
The big special this time was an exclusive recolor of the Robo Force mode, and it's gorgeous - I regret that I did not get an order in for this one. There are a few items left as I type this, with 8 items remaining of the initial 21 offerings. Click here to see the March 31 2015 Onell Design drop menu.

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Surprise! I missed the memo and new Mission Details are up on Onell Design. The new drop hits Tuesday night with a new Neo Granthan, Noboto, Gobon, Skeleden, and a Gendrone Force Defender - which is Maxx Zero bits reconfigured for you here, and for $16.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

He's green! The Glyos-powered Rise of the Beasts
line is pretty fantastic, although it's hard to view them purely as
wholly their own thing. I keep expecting to see squat little guys, but
Cerula - Green Scorpion with Grey Paint is more of what a small
figure of the 1990s might look like, rather than the 1980s. The
overly-muscular creature is fundamentally the same as Cahriv except for the coloration.[ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]

Monday, March 23, 2015

The name is evocative! The Neo Granthan Cliffstalker is a brown, chocolate-flavored take on the Battle Beasts-inspired
Glyos figure. With an orange skin and a red Black Core, this feels
like many of the popular 1980s robotic toys out of Tomy. While not a
perfect match, it immediately reminded me of Robostrux mixed with a little bit of the ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing. He is orange with blue eyes, after all.[ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]

Thursday, March 19, 2015

In a rare instance of a figure showing up in an Onell Design game months before the toy release, the Skeleden Standard
figure was a delightful surprise. We knew at least one version was
coming as part of the Skeleton Warriors Kickstarter line - one with
purple elements, it turns out - but last month Onell dropped two and a
half flavors of this new mold. A wonderful blue version was joined by a
clear armor kit you can use to upgrade your existing figures for five
bucks... I ended up getting them all, because I can. The standard one
is, far and away, my favorite.[ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]

Thursday, March 12, 2015

For a while I made it a point to buy one of every figure with a Glyaxia symbol, like good old Standard Ecroyex Glyan
here. And then we had drops that would cost a couple of hundred bucks
to assemble, at which point I thought "Well, that was fun." There are
still plenty of great figures with awesome design flourishes, and the
little quasi-Atari faction symbol on his shoulder really is quite cool.
While nobody probably needs every last flavor of this one, I will say
I'm glad I bought it - even if I sat on it for about a year before
opening him.[ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

I missed the first drop for the yellow one, so I was happy to see that the swell Red Army T-011 Bunkerbuster Tank
didn't sell out immediately. I'm sure the price had something to do
with it - $30 is on the high end of these smaller vinyl items, even if
it has a lot of paint, stickers, and options. It's also the first toy
I've bought in ages that actually was designed to make good use of all
those extra Glyos heads you've been storing in boxes for the last few
years. It's quite versatile and as it can fit most Glyos figures,
heads, or even 3 3/4-inch action figures, it's easily the best
Glyos-compatible vehicle to date. If you're a toy collector and you
also like Glyos, this (or a subsequent recolor) is an essential
purchase.[ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]

Friday, March 6, 2015

The Mystical Warriors of the Ring have been around as specially-cast figures and as non-articulated figures in the proud tradition of M.U.S.C.L.E. and O.M.F.G.. This Green Goliath
is the line's first take on a Glyos-compatible figure, even though the
big guy remains in scale with the rest of the non-articulated slug
figures. He's made up of 9 pieces and swaps out very nicely with
Armorvors and Kabuto Mushi figures - I assume customizers are going to
have a blast with this one.[ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]

For a while I made it a point to buy one of every figure with a Glyaxia symbol, like good old Standard Ecroyex Glyan
here. And then we had drops that would cost a couple of hundred bucks
to assemble, at which point I thought "Well, that was fun." There are
still plenty of great figures with awesome design flourishes, and the
little quasi-Atari faction symbol on his shoulder really is quite cool.
While nobody probably needs every last flavor of this one, I will say
I'm glad I bought it - even if I sat on it for about a year before
opening him.[ REVIEW ]

Monday, March 2, 2015

Cast in grey plastic, the Slate Zone Power Soldier
is - as are his siblings - a wonderfully engineered figure. The Glyos
system was adapted to a so-called "Glybrid" joint system in which we
got the functionality of Glyos and Hasbro's ball joints in a 3 3/4-inch
humanoid figure. So no matter what, this is a good figure with a great
range of motion. When placed in context of its line, it becomes a bit
of a bore being one of only two body types during the line's first year
and a half, give or take. Endless repaints are a bitter pill to
swallow, with other Glyos-compatible lines usually cranking out an
all-new figure ever year or so with more customization options. It
seems almost unfair to judge this figure for things outside its control,
because the plastic person presently performs pretty admirably.[ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]

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Adam Pawlus has written about Star Wars action figures, toys, and collectibles on the web since 1995. He has worked for a variety of magazines and websites and presently works as a Toy Evangelist / Buyer for Entertainment Earth. He also loves Jolt.